Banding machine



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FRANCIS X. E/IALOCSAY, OF SADDLE RIVER, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 WILLIAM STEINER SONS & COIB'IPANY, A (JURTOBATION GE NE'W YORK.

BANDING MACHINE.

Application filed April 18, 1920, Serial No. 375,006. Renewed July 12, 1923.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that i, FRANCIS K. Manoesar. a citizen of the United States, and re siding in Saddle River, borough of Upper Saddle River, county of Bergen, and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful improved Banding Machine, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to banding machines, and more particularly to machines for applying paper identification bands to cigars, and has for its objects to provide means whereby ungummed bands may be used in the magazines of the banding machine; to increase the production and thereby reduce the cost of applying the bands, to reduce the number of operations necessary to produce the bands; and to conserve paper by eliminating waste.

1%. further object is to provide simple, cheap and efficient device for the purpose set forth, thoroughly reliable, eflicient and effective in operation, and which may be attached to the apparatus with which it is intended to cooperate at a minimum of cost.

With these and other objects in view to be more fully set forth hereinafter, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination of elements, and arrangements of parts which will be exemplified the operation and construction hereinafter described in the specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, considered together or separately.

In banding cigars by the apparatus at present in use, the bands are lithographed or otherwise imprinted on large sheets of paper. The imprints must be arranged in continuous lines end to end as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings forming part of this specification. The sheets are then gumnied as at a by applying the gum in lines across the sheet. The gum is applied in zones in the manner shown to the back of the sheet so that each zone will cover the ends of two rows of imprints. The imprints are then cut out to form the bands. The gum on the sheet seriously interferes with the cutting operation. It dulls the cutting blades, in addition filling them with gum which must be re moved from time to time.

The summed bandsmust now be arranged in stacks, and each alternate band must be reversed in order to bring the guinmed ends one over the other, as the gunimed ends of the bands are much thicker than the opposite end, the bands will not stack evenly, and a smaller number may be placed in the magazine of the banding machine than if ungummed bands were employed.

The gummed ends of the band curl and twist due to atmospheric and other conditions, and this condition further interferes with the proper stacking, and further reduces the number of bands in the magazine, and the machines must be frequently stopped to permit of replenishing.

In the device of the present invention, the imprints may be so arranged as to greatly reduce wastage of the paper, and as no gum is applied to the sheet, the cutting operation may be carried out under the most favorable conditions. The bands being of the same thickness "from end to end will stack evenly and because of the absence of gum on the hands, a much greater number may be placed in the magazines and replenishment will be at less frequent intervals.

The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety of mechanical expressions, one of which for the purpose of illustrating the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings.

The invention will be first described in connection with the accompanying drawings, illustrating one embodiment of the invention, wherein similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts througl'iout the several views, and then more specifically defined and indicated in the appended claims.

in the drawings,

Fig. l is a front elevation of a portion ot a well known form of cigar banding machine, with the device or the invention applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is transverse section on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

3 is a detail sectional plan view on the line 3 3 oi Fig. 1;

Fig. 4t is a detail end elevation showing the gummed ribbon teeding device;

5 is a view of a printed sheet of gummed bands as at present used;

Fig. 6 is a similar view of a sheet of run gummed bands; and

Figs. 7, 8, 9 and 10, are detail views illustrating various stages of the shuttle on ation.

The invention is shown as applied to the cigar banding illustrated and described in my Patent No. 1,261,832, dated April 5), 1918, in which the machine is driven by a continuously operated shaft, and is controlled by the feeding of the cigars to the position to be handed.

The machine comprises, among other 'l eatures two uprights, 1 and 2, which form a magazine open at the top for carrying a stack of bands to he applied to cigars. To the upright 2 is secured a horizontal bar 8, which passes loosely through a hearing 8 on a bracket 1t, supported on the table a of the machine. This construction permits of movement of the upright 2 relatively to the upright 1 to adjust the magazine for bands of different lengths.

Projecting from the bar 3 is a stud pin 5 on which is pivoted a bell crank lever 6, one arm 7 of which is adapted to engage a stop 8 on the bar 3. Pivoted to the bell crank lever 6 is a link 9, the free end of which forms a bearing" for a pin 10 supported to one side of and projecting over a carrier or shuttle 11.

The. shuttle 11 comprises an elongated member arranged substantially parallel. to the table 4 and extending over considerable of its length. The pin 10 is located near one end of the shuttle, and a similar pin ll is carried by the opposite end of the shuttle. The pin 11 is engaged by one arm of a bell crank 12, pivoted on a stud 13. carried by the bar 3. The other arm of the bell crank 12 carries a pitman 1 1. the opposite end of which is attached toa lever 15 pivoted in the base or standard (not shown) of the banding machine. The opposite end of the level-.15 carries a roller which engages a cam16 on asha'lt 17.01 the banding ma chine proper. As the machine is operated to apply a band to a cigar, the cam 16 will, through the lever 15, pitman 14, bell. crank 12, and link 9. impart a reciprocating movement to the shuttle 11.

Carried on the bar 3, and movable therewith is a frame 18. in which a roll 19 of paper or other suitable material is supported on a spindle 20. Pivoted to the frame 18 is an arm 21 which carries a roller 22 at its free extremity. The roller 22 is adapted to engage the periphery of a roller 23 adapted. to be rotated in a reservoir 24. The reservoir is supported on a stud 25 on the bracket 1-.

The arm 21 has projecting from. one side thereof a pin or stud 26, against which nor mally'reststhe inclined end of a latch 27, which is pivoted to the frame 18. When the roller 2 raiseth the pin 26 will. ra se the latch 27, which will then drop and engage tle opposite side of the pin and support the roller in the raised position.

The shuttle is an essentially ilat piece 01 metal. having an offset portion ll" at one end. One end 11 or" the offset is inclined upward. as shown. and carries a light spring 11 on its under side. The opposite end oi the oiiset is forked. and in the fork is journaled a roller 28. The strip of paper is gummed, and the gum is dried before the paper is wound to form the roll 19. The strip is led from the roll 15). over the roller 22 and bet-ween said roller and the reservoir roller 28, with the gunnned side in contact with the latter roller then downward between the tongue 11 and the spring" 11. whereby more or less tension is imparted to the strip.

The strip is then led along the 1111Cl1- side of the oliset, around the roller 28. and rearwardly along to upper face of the shuttle. The strip canted as it passes over the roller 28.. whereby that portion thereof on the top of the shuttle may pass to one side of the tongue 11% The strip passes over the rear end of the shuttle and is led to the strip feeding devices to be hereinafter described, and is deposited in a suitable receptacle such as a basket.

The feeding mechanis zm draws the strip from the roll 19, and by the engagement of the strip and roller 22 with the roll r 23, will rotate the later and carry water from the reservoir up to moisten the gum on the strip.

Resting on the band carrier 29 of the banding machine proper. is a band 30 which has been removed from the bottom of. the slack in the magazine. The band rests on the carrier with the printed. side up. The forward movement of the carrier ceases when the hand is in line with the oilset 11" of the shuttle 11. as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. and the band is retained in that positior when the gum is applied.

Carried by the upri ht 1 is a device tor retaining the band in the position shown in Fig. 3. The retainer comprises a member 31 pivoted 011 a stud 32 on the upright. larried by the member is a blade having a sharpened upper edge, The blade 33 is adapted to cooperate with a stationary element as carriedon a block 35 and having a recess in its lower edge.

A cam 36 on the shaft 17 cooperates with a roller carried by a lever pivoted at 38 in the frame of the machine. The free end of the lever 87 carries a plunger 39 which engages the underside of the member 31.. A spring 40 tendsto elevate the plunger 39 and to hold the roller on the opposite end of the lever 37 in engagement with the cam 36.

Carried on the under side of the table a is a guide bracket 41 in which is vertically movable a slide 42 which carries a flanged head 43 at its upper end. The slide 42 is operated by means of a cam 44 carried on a. shaft 45 rotated in time with the shaft 17. A. cam lever 46 pivoted on a stud 47 cooperates with the slide 42, and said lever is held in contact with the cam by means of a spring 48.

When the paper strip leaves the rear end of the shuttle, it passes downward and is folded along its longitudinal central line with the gummed surfaces in contact. The strip passes through a trough 49 which converges toward the bottom whereby the strip is folded on itself, as it passes through the trough. The folded or seamed strip then passes between two feed rollers 50 and 51. The roller 50 is provided with a peripheral groove of a width equal to that of the folded strip, and the roller 51 presses the folded strip into the groove whereby the strip is fed by the rotation of the rollers.

The roller 50 is mounted on a shaft 52 carried on the frame of the banding machine. The said roller is geared as by spur gears 53 and 54 to a pulley 55 driven by a belt 56 from the motor by which thebanding machine is driven.

The roller 51 is carried by a lever 57 pivoted to the frame, and is held in engagement with the roller 50 by means of a sprinp 58. The roller 51 is rotated by means of a spur gear 59 on the roller 50, which is in mesh with a pinion 60 on the shaft of the roller 51.

The operation is as follows The reservoir 24 is filled with water to such a height that the roller 23 will dip into it. The strip gummed on one side, is threaded from the roll 19 over the rollers 22 and 23, along the tongue 11. beneath the offset 11 around the roller 28, along the upper surface of the shuttle 11, downward through the folder 49, and the folded end between the rollers 50 and 51 which will be in continuous operation.

A stack of ungummed bands 30 is placed in the magazine, and when a cigar is moved point foremost into the space below the band carrier 29, it, the cigar, will start the banding machine as described in my patent above mentioned.

As the machine starts, the lowermost band of the stack will be moved forward to the position shown in Fig. 3. At the same time,

and the flanges of the head 43 will engage the offset beyond the edges of the strip, and raise the shuttle and bring the gummed side of the strip into contact.

The continued movement of the cam 16 will now swing the bell-crank 12 in the opposite direction, and the shuttle will be moved from beneath the band, the head 43 will remain in raised position during a portion at least of this backward movement and the strip will be in contact with the band. A section of moist gum will thus be wiped oil the strip and be deposited on the band. While the gum is being transferred from the strip to the band the band will be held against movement by the blade 33 and member 34.

The plunger 39 will now be lowered releasing the strip after the end of the shuttle has receded from beneath the strip, the banding mechanism will now operate to wrap the band on the cigar and cause the crimped end to adhere to the gummed end, the cigar will be ejected. The operation:

The gummed strip or ribbon is continuously traveling at slow speed, the gum is transferred to the band near the reservoir and the gum is always in condition to be transferred. The operator is not concerned with the ribbon feed which will continue even should the operator leave the machine. lVhen the machine is started after a temporary stoppage a. moist supply of gum will be in position on the first band of the stack and there will be no waste of time in getting the gum in proper condition, or of hands being: improperly gummed.

WVhen the used ribbon leaves it is folded to bring the gummed surface together and will be perfectly safe to handle.

The reservoir containing water as it does will need absolutely no attention beyond keeping it supplied with water.

The word sum as used in this specification is intended to mean any material which may be rendered adhesive by moisture.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statute, I have described the principle of my invention together with the apparatus which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof, but I desire it understood that my invention is not confined to the particular form of apparatus herein shown and described, the same being merely illustrative, and that the invention can be carried out in other ways without departing from the spirit of my invention, and, there fore, I claim broadly the right to employ all equivalent instrumentalities coming within the scope of the appended claims, and by means of which objects of my invention are attained, and the new results accomplished, as herein set forth, as it is obvious that the particular embodiment herein shown and described is only one of many that can be emill ployed to attain these objects and accomplish these results.

Having now described the invention, what is claimed and desired by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the character described, comprising label-holding means, a member carrying a coating of a dry adhesive, means for rendering the adhesive capable of separation from the member, and means for transferring the adhesive from the member to a label carried bythe label-holding means.

2. A device of the character described, comprising label-holding means, a member carrying a dry coating, means for rendering the coating capable of removal from the member; and means for removing the coating from the member and applying it to a label held by said label-holding means.

3. A device of the character described,

comprising a member carrying a dry coating, means for moistening the coating, means for bringing the coated surface in contact with a label and transferring the coating from the member to the label.

4. A device of the character described, comprising a continuous member carrying a dry coating, means for moistening the coat ing, means for bringing the coated surface in contact with a label and transferring a portion of the coating from the member to the label. 7

5. A device of the'character described, iomprising, a continuous member carrying a dry coating, means for moistening the coating, means for intermittently bringing the coated surface in contact with a label and transferring a portion of the coating from the member to the label.

6. A device of the character described, comprising, a ribbon carrying a coating of gum, means for feeding the ribbon toward a label, means for moistening the gum, means for bringing a portion of the gummed surface in contact with the label, means for moving the ribbon relatively to the label while still in contact-therewith, and means for holding the label against movement.

7. A device of the character described,

comprising, a ribbon carrying a coating of gum, means for feeding the ribbon toward a label, means for moistening the gum, means for bringing a port-ion of the gummed surface in contact with the label, means for moving the ribbon relatively to the label while still in contact therewith, means for holding the label against movement, and means for releasing the label.

8. A device of the character described, comprising. a ribbon carrying a coating of gum, means for feedi the ribbon toward a label. means for roistening the gum, means for intermittently bringing a portion of the gummed surface in contact with the label, means for moving the ribbon relatively to the label While still in contact gum, means for continuously moving the ribbon, means for feeding the ribbon toward a label, means for moistening the gum, means for intermittently bringing a portion of the gummed surface in contact with the label, means for moving the ribbon relatively to the label while still in contact therewith, whereby a portion of the gum will be deposited on the label, means for holding the label against movement, and means for releasing the label.

10. A device of the character described, comprising, a ribbon carrying a coating of gum, means for continuously moving the ribbon, means for feeding the ribbon toward a label, means for moistening the gum, means for intermittently bringing a por tion of the gummed surface in contact with the label, means for moving the ribbon relatively to the label while still in contact therewith, whereby a portion of the gum will be deposited on the label, means for holding the label against movement, means for folding the ribbon on itself, and means for releasing the label.

11. A device of the character described, comprising. a ribbon carrying a coating of gum, means for continuously moving the ribbon, means for feeding the ribbon toward a label, means for moistening the gum, means for intermittently bringing a portion of the gummed surface in contact with the label, means for moving the ribbon relatively to the label while still in contact therewith, whereby a portion of the gum will be deposited on the label, means for holding the label against movement, means for folding the ribbon on itself and lengthwise thereof, and means for releasing the label.

12. A device of the character described, comprising means for holding a label in position, a ribbon havinga dried gum on one side thereof, means for continuously feeding the ribbon to a shuttle, a water reservoir, means for transferring water from the reservoir to continuously moisten the gum, means for moving the shuttle to bring the moist gum in cont-act with the label, means for moving the ribbon relatively to the label while still in contact therewith, means for releasing the label, and means for folding the ribbon on itself longitudinally to cause the gummed surfaces to adhere,

13. A device of the character described, comprising means for holding a label in position, a ribbon having a dried gum on one side thereof, means for continuously feeding the ribbon to a shuttle, a water reservoir, means for transferring water from the reservoir to continuously moisten the gum, means for moving the shuttle to bring the moist gum in contact with the label, means for intermittently moving the ribbon relatively to the label While still in contact therewith, means for releasing the label, and means for folding the ribbon on itself longitudinally to cause the gummed surfaces to adhere.

14:. A device of the character described, comprising means for holding a label in position, a member carrying a coating of an adhesive, and means for transferring the adhesive from the member to the label.

15. A device of the character described,

comprising means for holding a label in position, a member carrying a coating of adhesive, means for transferring the adhesive from the member to the label and means for releasing the label.

16. A device of the character described, comprising means for holding a label in position, a member carrying a coating of adhesive, means for transferring the adhesive from the member to the label, means for releasing the label and means for folding the member.

This specification signed this 25th day of March, 1920.

FRANCIS K. MALOCSAY. 

